1. Rehman Malik NI was a Pakistani politician, and a former Federal Investigation Agency officer, who later served as the federal Interior Minister from 25 March 2008 until 16 March 2013.
23 Facts About Rehman Malik
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Rehman Malik was born on 12 December 1951 in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Rehman Malik gained his BSc degree and MSc in Statistics in 1973 from the Karachi University.
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Controversially, the decision of conferring a PhD to Rehman Malik was criticized by the university's professors.
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In 1973, Rehman Malik joined the National Alien Registration Authority as the immigration agent and subsequently served in the various services of the intelligence community, working in various criminal offense cases.
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Rehman Malik's appointment was personally approved by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
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The FIA leadership under Rehman Malik angered Taliban supporters within the conservative establishment, because they allowed the extradition of Ramzi Yousef to the United States for trial on the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
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Immediately, Rehman Malik was terminated from the FIA by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 1997.
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In November 1998, Rehman Malik termed the termination of his service by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif an "act of retaliation" because of the 200-page report, which he had sent to then-President Rafiq Tarar, disclosing large-scale corruption of the Sharif family.
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Rehman Malik then flew to London and made a corruption accusation against the Sharif brothers.
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Rehman Malik, serving at the capacity as firm's president, established its head office at Manchester.
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Rehman Malik became extremely known in public after breaking a "political deal" between Benazir Bhutto and Pervez Musharraf, which allowed Benazir Bhutto to return to the country.
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Former Interior Minister Senator A Rehman Malik was awarded Sitar e Shujat for his bravery as FIA officer in his valiant actions against criminals and terrorists and Nishan-e-Imtiaz for his unmatched services for the country and its people.
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Rehman Malik was an Interior Minister during the penultimate times in the history of the country.
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Interior Minister Rehman Malik offered a pardon to the Pakistani Taliban's leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, if he fully renounced terrorism.
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On 5 October 2012, Rehman Malik informed the Supreme Court that he renounced his British citizenship on 25 March 2008.
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Shortly after the verdict, Rehman Malik tendered his resignation to the Senate to Chairman Senate on 10 July 2012.
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Rehman Malik continued his work with the Ministry of Interior at the behest of Prime Minister Pervez Ashraf.
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Rehman Malik was awarded an honorary PhD degree from Karachi University.
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In 2007 the case of alleged corruption against Rehman Malik was dropped under the amnesty of the National Reconciliation Ordinance.
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Rehman Malik contracted COVID-19, which led to complications in his lungs.
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Rehman Malik was admitted to the intensive care unit at Shifa Medical hospital for treatment on 1 February 2022, and was put on ventilator.
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Rehman Malik died on the morning of 23 February 2022, at the age of 70.